There was a Nevada case involving a gay porn shoot in 2014 in which an actor who had tested negative later tested positive. There hasn’t been a documented case of HIV transmission in heterosexual porn since 2004. They say it’s industry practice to test for HIV infection every two weeks. Still, the condom crusade has failed to win over the very performers whose safety it champions. In the internet age, a lot of performers are considered producers, with their own websites, webcam shows, custom videos, Skype live-chats or other ventures. While the proposition states that performers themselves won’t be sued, those who also produce porn are fair game. John Schwada, communications director for the pro-Proposition 60 campaign, said Weinstein “just happens to be passionate and has strong views, and he believes in his cause.” He saw friends around him die and helped defeat a 1986 ballot measure that would have allowed people with the disease to be quarantined.īut he’s also butted heads with other AIDS nonprofits and LGBT community groups, which accuse him of being a “condom Nazi” who isn’t open to other methods of virus control. Weinstein is a longtime AIDS activist who has been called as relentless as he is effective in his mission to stanch infection and help the afflicted. “Cal-OSHA is a good friend, and they do protect workers,” Taylor said. Cal-OSHA recently fined one producer $34,400, another $78,000.īut Proposition 60, advocates say, gives the condom requirement more teeth. OSHA has fined companies for filming without the proper protection, usually in response to a complaint from Weinstein’s organization. “They’re taking advantage of young people who have this mentality that they’ll live forever and are willing to take risks,” said Rick Taylor, spokesman for the campaign.Īs it turns out, federal regulations through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration already require condom use for X-rated actors in the same way health workers must use gloves and other protection when dealing with bodily fluids and other potential biohazards. Joining in support are groups including the American Sexual Health Association, California Academy of Preventive Medicine and the California State Association of Occupational Health Nurses.
21, 2016, at headquarters in San Francisco.
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Porn actress Ana Foxxx, center, is assisted with her wardrobe before starring in a porn film and a Free Speech Coalition promotional video against Prop 60, which would require porn stars to wear condoms while filming, on Sept. The foundation says it’s saving an exploited workforce that’s pressured into dangerous sex in the name of profit. Leading the Proposition 60 charge is the deep-pocketed and respected AIDS Healthcare Foundation and its controversial leader, Michael Weinstein. By mid-September, they had raised $315,485, while the Proposition 60 campaign has raised $1.98 million, more than six times that amount. Opponents, however, have had a hard time raising funds. “It’s not hard to shoot somewhere else - they’ll just get an Airbnb in Oxnard.” “A lot, maybe half, moved out of the county,” said Mike Stabile of the Free Speech Coalition, a porn industry advocacy group.
According to FilmL.A., which tracks data related to the industry, adult film permits in the county approached 500 in 2012 but plummeted to just 26 last year.
The Los Angeles County condom law - spearheaded by the same group backing Proposition 60 - has not been enforced, but delivered results nonetheless.